May 26, 2022 – CME Corp has announced a contract with the U.S. Army Wellness Centers that will involve more than 60,000 pieces of equipment. Under separate orders of $7.7 million and $1.2 million, CME will supply an estimated 60,000 pieces of equipment, representing some 1,800 pallets of products, to the AWCs of 43 Army brigades.
The products being supplied by CME, which are all aimed at promoting wellness, include diagnostic, physical therapy, and exercise equipment, medical treatment aids and supplies, firearms simulator training and software, and mental acuity software.
The orders are being fulfilled with Martek Global Services, Inc., (Martek) the prime contractor that is providing Initial, Outfitting and Transition (IO&T) Services to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Operating under the U.S. Army Medical Command and its Army Public Health Center (APHC), the AWCs are designed to improve individual and unit performance and readiness, utilizing advanced testing technology and highly trained health and human performance professionals. They provide preventative medicine, public health, health promotion, and wellness.
“The orders will give the centers access to CME’s unrivaled resources and cost effectiveness during a time of inflation when every dollar saved counts,” said Robert Charron, CME’s Manager of Government Sales. “With CME’s direct-to-site, white glove delivery services, these health centers will be able to continue to offer peak efficiencies at the bases, which is so crucial for force protection.”
“Because it excels at procuring, transporting, assembling, and managing the aggregation of hundreds of lines of products at military facilities throughout the country, we appreciate having such a reliable and exceptional medical equipment distributor as CME,” said Patrick Reynolds, Vice President of Enterprise Facilities Solutions at Martek. “Together, we are meeting the needs of the brave men and women who protect our nation.”